Clifford's Halloween

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell

Join the biggest, reddest dog out there for an unforgettable Trick-or-Treating!

Emily Elizabeth and Clifford are ready for the spookiest day of the year! They make the most of their Halloween: bobbing for apples, listening to ghost stories, and trick-or-treating. But when it's time to dress up, there are too many costumes to choose from! Zebra, Witch, Knight—what should Clifford be?

Come along with Clifford and his friends as they trick-or-treat down the streets of Birdwell Island. see some glowing pumpkin faces, spooky bats, and more.

Meet Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in an original Clifford book!
Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to be a good friend! In 1963, Norman Bridwell published his very first 'Clifford' book, and kids have loved him ever since. He's an adorable dog whose well-meaning bumbling's have great kid-appeal. Clifford is Emily Elizabeth's, and everyone's, favorite big red dog!

Age Rating: 1–6+ / Preschool - Kindergarten+ / Lexile AD180L

Genres: Halloween, Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Holiday, Animals, Dogs

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1966

About the author

Norman Bridwell was an American author and cartoonist, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. He lived on Martha's Vineyard, MA, where he wrote an average of two books a year.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

The nephew and I both agree, the first picture in the book of Emily Elizabeth, the little girl was truly creepy. It scared us both. She’s drawn like a possessed doll. It’s been a long while since I read a Clifford story. I know the character.

These books are for very young readers. They are simplistic and very boring for the parent. Both the nephew and I were bored to tears with this one. The nephew looked at me and said, no more Clifford books. He gave this 1 star. I understand why. He is too old for these books. I know people love Clifford and young kids love these, but our house has aged out of this series.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this book...ghosts of Halloween past reminded me of what it was like getting ready to show off your costume to your friends before going out to get lots of candy! Put his book on you 'Halloween shelf' for this year - a great book to read before going out to T/T with small children!

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great GITD book that is sure to please you little ghost and goblins!

[Ellen Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proof that I've loved ghost stories since I was a wee chunky baby.

[Guadalupe Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clifford’s Halloween by Bridwell Norman
Genre: Animated, Reading level: K-3 grade Format: good
Comedy and humor



Clifford’s Halloween is a book about Emily Elizabeth and Clifford the big red dog. The book uses different holidays and illustrates how Clifford enjoys the holidays. Both Emily and Clifford enjoy Halloween and the book talks about the difficulty Emily has to decide what to dress Clifford as. Until finally Clifford decides he want to be a ghost and none of the children who went trick or treating knew Clifford was the ghost. At the end of the book Emily and Clifford went trick or treating and are deciding what Clifford should be for the next Halloween. I enjoyed reading this book because I also love Halloween especially when it comes to getting candy. Also the picture illustrations were eye appealing with the different colors used and detailed used in the picture illustrations. This book can be used in the classroom as Halloween is getting closer so students can create their own Halloween story.

[Haley Heinkel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clifford the Big Red Dog books were my favorite as a child. With this series there are multiple books that can all be educational for children. There is Clifford's ABC, Birthday Party, At the Circus, Riddles, Pals and Manners. This series had great books that I could work in to my lesson plan for the day. This book Clifford's Halloween is very cute and explains what Halloween is about. This big red dog need a costume and cant figure out what he wants to be. When he does decided he picks a ghost. Everyone is scared of him but he acts like it does not bother him. At the end of the book it end with the readers opinion. Clifford asks the reader what he should be for the next Halloween. This is a great book for children to read around the holidays!

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another classic Clifford book that has such great illustrations that they help the text of the story tell the plot. The illustrations can help students that may not understand all of the words, or are unsure of the meaning of some of the costumes. You could do a picture walk with just the illustrations and the students would be able to write a great story off of them. At the end of the book it sets up a wonderful prediction writing prompt where it asks the reader what they think Clifford should be. The students would have a blast writing descriptive writings about what costume they think would be best for Clifford.

[Loren Mallard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clifford's Halloween is a great addition to your Halloween bookshelf. Not a scary tale, one full of fun. If you would like to get your children in the mood for dressing up, this book is ideal. It is full of how much fun you can have on Halloween, especially if you have a Big Red Dog! Clifford's Halloween also discusses what Clifford does for all holidays but, Halloween is his and Emily Elizabeth's favorite!

[Lauren Neale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every Clifford book would be great to have in a young classroom, as each of them go through a great adventure with Emily Elizabeth and her giant dog Clifford. These books were always some of my favorites growing up and I would love to have many of them in my classroom.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clifford is the dog of the house around here. There is no arguing that point. I love his "big turkey" he gets for Thanksgiving every year.

[Heather Lincoln · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! Such a cute story about trick or treating adventures. I recommend this book to all ages! Such a classic book.

[Michelle Cropper · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves Clifford books and enjoyed this one because of all the different costumes Clifford had.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

1st Read: October 1, 1976 (**** Rating)
Another childhood book that holds memories of a better time in the world.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a classic original Clifford storybook. He and Emily Elizabeth are discussing what they should be for Halloween this holiday. They reminisce about last Halloween and the fun they had.

[Julian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Defies plot

[Eve Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clifford the big red dog was a character I loved throughout my entire childhood. I always dreamed of being able to buy a red dog that size and live the adventures I read in each and every book of the series. And this book was just as enjoyable. Halloween is a holiday that sometimes younger children cannot handle because sometimes things get a little scary rather than fun. However this book brings about the family fun often needed for this time of the year. I liked the pictures on the pages, which in terms of drawings were very clear and simple. Clifford is having a halloween that many children can relate to and he brings fun to the whole night. I think I would probably recommend this book for younger readers because of how cute and playful the story is. I also liked the colors on the pages, most of the time halloween is dark and scary but these colors bring happiness. Definitely a good read !

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

My three-year-old saw this book on the back cover of another Clifford book and HAD to have it . . . so we got it (from the library), even though it's almost Christmas. He adores the idea of Clifford dressed up as a ghost. I liked how the beginning goes over all the different holidays: very educational for little ones!

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I definitely read Clifford as a kid but I don't remember them too well. This one is simple, unfortunately there's an "Indian" costume in it, so not really appropriate by today's standards. I wonder if they've taken that out of new editions?

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to read around the Halloween season. Young students love Halloween so much that this book would be very entertaining to them.

[Jade Saleem · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book to read within the season of fall or around the Holiday Halloween. This book is excellent for building language. Recommendation for pre k and kindergarten students.

[Ariel Rudicel · Rating 4 out of 5]

We mostly looked at the illustrations and talked about the Indian interpretation, but the whole book is cute! Everyone loves Clifford.

[Madison LibraryBookFamily · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book shows Clifford on several holidays and encourage your readers to think of a good costume ideas.

[Jeffrey LeTempt · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite Clifford book as a kid, who wouldn't want a big red dog dressed as a ghost to tricker treat with you.

[Kristin King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Clifford. If you love the big red dog, you'll want to read this one in Octoboer with children. All his costumes are terrific, and this asks the reader questions as well to be a more interactive read.

[Kira · Rating 2 out of 5]

My son was so excited to read this one because he loves Halloween. As the adult, I was underwhelmed. It's much simpler than the other Clifford books we've read. It does have stickers at the end, so we used those to make a picture to put in his scrapbook for artwork.

[Mohamed maadey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Percy jackson the onlypans:the lightning thief

[Lachlan Dunnicliff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t recommend reading it at night!! I didn’t sleep for weeks 🥺

[Deanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was mostly boring but it’s fine.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too much mention of other holidays, but the art of Ghost Clifford is really cute.

[Vero Exposito · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars

Cute.